Risk of major gynecologic surgery before age 40 among daughters of young mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

Is being born of a young mother associated with worse gynecologic health, as indicated by a bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy before age 40?

Summary answer

Daughters of mothers younger than 25 did not have reduced parity but did have a higher risk of having bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy before age 40, particularly if their mother was younger than 20 years at their birth.

What is known already

Three recent studies have reported lower fecundability among daughters of mothers younger than 20 years; adverse socioeconomic conditions may explain part of that association.

Study design, size, duration

This study reports cumulative, primarily retrospective, accrual of outcomes up to age 40 among 41 450 women recruited into the US-based Siste

SUBMITTER: Weinberg CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12046070 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature